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Furukawa Electric Co., Ltd.

Company Profile

■URL

https://www.furukawa.co.jp/en/

■Address

Tokiwabashi Tower, 2-6-4 Otemachi, Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo-to 100-8322, Japan

Business Overview

-Supplier manufacturing non-ferrous products such as copper wires, aluminum wires, wire harnesses, and products made of various metals. The company delivers products to the following business sectors: information technology, energy, automotive, electronics, construction, and architecture.

-Breakdown of Business Segments are Listed below

Segment Sub-segment Business unit
Infrastructure Information-communications solutions Fiber cables, FITEL products, broadband solutions
Energy infrastructure Electric power, industrial wires, equipment
Electrical electronics Auto parts, batteries Auto parts, batteries
Electrical electronics materials Conductive materials, copper strips, and high-performance materials
Functional products Automatic transmissions, functional resins, thermal/electronic parts, memory disks, copper foil
Services, Development, and Others Social design, etc.

 

-New Business Segments Scheduled to Launch from the Fiscal Year Ending in March 31, 2027

Segment Main areas of business
Optical Solutions Lightera, broadband networks
Information components AT, thermal, MD, copper foil, Phitel, opto-electronic fusion devices, functional resins, HVDC, electric power
Energy Infrastructure HVDC, electric power
Automotive Electrical Systems Automotive Electrical Systems
[Major Group Companies]Furukawa AS: Wire harnesses, various automotive accessories
Metal solutions Superconductivity, copper strips/high-performance materials, and conductive materials
[Major Group Companies]Furukawa Magnet Wire: Magnet wire and magnet wire application products
Services & Development Social designs

*Furukawa Battery Co., Ltd. was not considered a part of the Company’s consolidated results because 20% of its equity shares were transferred, and they continue to be held indirectly.

Shareholders

-Listed on the Prime Market of the Tokyo Stock Exchange (As of Mar. 31, 2026)
Name or Company name Investment Ratio (%)
The Master Trust Bank of Japan, Ltd. (Trust Account) 16.75
Custody Bank of Japan, Ltd. (Trust Account) 6.49
Asahi Mutual Life Insurance Co. 1.93
HSBC-FUND SERVICES HSBC - 006 MF EFM 1.56
The Nomura Trust and Banking Co., Ltd. 1.51
Mizuho Trust & Banking Co., Ltd. Retirement Funds Trust Asahi Mutual Life Insurance Company, Re-trustee Custody Bank of Japan 1.49
STATE STREET BANK AND TRUST COMPANY 505001 1.44
JP MORGAN CHASE BANK 385781 1.43
Mizuho Trust & Banking Co., Ltd. Retirement Funds Trust Mizuho Bank, Ltd. Account, Re-trustee Custody Bank of Japan 1.38
BNY GCM CLIENT ACCOUNT JPRD AC ISG (FE-AC) 1.35
Total 35.32

Products

Wire harnesses
-Wire harnesses
-Sliding door harnesses
-BUS harnesses
-Corrosion-proof terminal for aluminum wire

Connectors
-Connectors
-Steering roll connectors

Functional products for automobiles
-Metal core PCBs
-Lead battery status detection sensors

Metal Solutions
-Enameled wire
-Copper and copper alloy products
-Plating
-Stainless-steel wires

Others
-Micro-cellular foamed light reflective sheet
-Copper Foil

History

Jun. 1896 Established as Yokohama Electric Cable Manufacturing Company.
Apr. 1920 Established Furukawa Electric Co., Ltd. by consolidating Furukawa Mining Industry (currently Furukawa Co.) and Nikko Copper Electrolyzing Refinery (currently Nikko Works).
Dec. 1921 Acquired Kyushu Electric Cable Company located in the Moji District of Kita-Kyushu City, renaming it Kyushu Electric Cable Works. (This plant is currently the Kyushu Plant of Furukawa Electric Industrial Cable Co., Ltd.)
Nov. 1938 Osaka Copper Works established in Amagasaki, Hyogo Prefecture. (Previously named Osaka Works and currently is the copper-tubing business.)
May 1949 Listed on the Tokyo Stock Exchange.
Sep. 1950 Spun off the battery business into a separate company Furukawa Battery Co., Ltd.
Sep. 1958 Established Hiratsuka Electric Cable Works in Hiratsuka, Kanagawa Prefecture. (It’s currently Hiratsuka Works.)
March 1961 Established and started operations at Chiba Cable Works in Ichihara, Chiba Prefecture.
March 1971 Established Mie Works in Kameyama, Mie Prefecture.
Aug. 1972 Listed on the First Section of the Tokyo Stock Exchange
April 1981 Absorbed the operations of Furukawa Metal Industry, in order to better plan future developments as a general, non-ferrous manufacture.
Feb. 1987 Completed Yokohama R&D Lab in Nishi-ku, Yokohama, Kanagawa Prefecture.
Oct.1993 Merged the operations of Furukawa Aluminum and Fukui Rolling Company, in order to consolidate sales and production functions, and strengthen and expand the business.
Nov. 2001 Acquired the optical-fiber-cable business of Lucent Technologies (which is currently Acatel-Lucent) based in the USA, and named the business OFS Fitel, LLC.
Oct. 2003 Turned its Sky Alumimum Co., Ltd. (the light metals business) into Furukawa-Sky Aluminum Corporation. (The company is currently named UACJ).
Jan. 2005 Transferred the sales function of its electric-power business to Viscas Corporation.
Dec. 2005 Listed Furukawa Sky (currently UACJ) on the First Section of the Tokyo Stock Exchange.
Feb. 2007 Listed the stocks of FCM Co., Ltd. on the Nippon New Market Hercules Section of the Osaka Stock Exchange. (In 2018, due to the Company’s selling off FCM’s shares, FCM is no longer included within the Furukawa Group.)
Mar. 2012 Acquired Totoku Electric’s shares, which were listed on the First Section of the Tokyo Stock Exchange, through a public offering by Totoku to raise capital. As a result, Totoku became a consolidated subsidiary.
Oct. 2013 Furukawa Sky and Sumitomo Light Metal Industries, Ltd. merged and formed UACJ, which is listed on the First Section of the Tokyo Stock Exchange and is the Company’s consolidated subsidiary based on the equity method of accounting. 
Apr. 2015 Took over the non-Japan operations of the electric-power-cable business of Viscas Corp., a consolidated subsidiary based on the equity method of accounting.
Oct. 2016 Took over the Japan operations of the electric-power-cable business of Viscas Corp., a consolidated subsidiary based on the equity method of accounting. 
Apr. 2020 Turned the copper-tubing business into Daishin P & T, which as a result became a wholly owned subsidiary.
Oct. 2020 Reorganized the coil business, with Essex Furukawa Magnet Wire LLC taking over the business of large-size coils.
Apr. 2022 Moved from the First Section of the Tokyo Stock Exchange to the Prime Market due to the Tokyo Stock Exchange’s reorganization.
Dec. 2022 Transferred it shares held in Totoku Electric Co., Ltd. (currently Totoku), removing it as a consolidated subsidiary. 
Apr. 2024 Sold the shares in Essex Furukawa Magnet Wire LLC, which were held by a wholly owned subsidiary. As a result, the company no longer is accounted for as a subsidiary under the equity method accounting.
Jun. 2024 The company sold a portion of the shares held in UACJ Corporation. As a result, the company no longer is accounted for as a subsidiary under the equity method accounting.
Apr. 2025 Reorganized the optical fiber cable business and transferred it to Lightera Japan Co., Ltd., a consolidated subsidiary.
Oct. 2025 Reorganized the metal wire and cable business and transferred it to Furukawa Electric Metal Cable Co., Ltd., a consolidated subsidiary.
Dec. 2025 Transferred shares of THE FURUKAWA BATTERY CO., LTD.
Mar. 2026 Dissolved VISCAS Corporation

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